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Xorg problems... help?

10-11-2008, 09:29 PM

I bought a used Nvidia GeForce 7950GT PCI-e card that I had issues/problems with. It seemed to be overheating or running too hot. I could only configure/install drivers in XP. The temp monitor showed 76 degrees. I assume that is too hot. It was running stock with no aftermarket cooler. I think a cooler should help but even stock, it should not run that hot, right? I have a 7950GT card in my current machine and it's an Intel-based board with a EVGA card with an aftermarket cooler but only running at around 42 degrees (ranges between 42-47). The other computer is AMD but still, I don't think any GeForce 7-series card should be going up to 70-something degrees.

The problem is that I was having problems regaining the default Xorg configuration. I would like it from scratch even. I had at my disposal an ATI Radeon 7000 PCI card and an ATI X300 PCI-e card to use. But, neither helped but I don't think it's the fault of either card. I am wondering if there are leftover Nvidia drivers/packages/modules still installed or if something else is remaining that is causing problems.

When I boot up the distro, it gets to the KDE screen but then goes to the splashy screen which becomes 'dark grey/black.' It doesn't get any further and I can't get a CLI (Command Line window).

This is in Mepis but probably would apply to any Debian flavour. I appreciate any ideas or suggestions of what to try. I'm rather inexperienced with X Server/xorg problems. I have installed Nvidia drivers before but went by notes I made from forum posts and various Linux/Nvidia instructions. I've had issues before but this is the worst I've seen/experiences.

Hello All, I have a little laptop with 7" screen (800x480 with 24 bit) resolution, when i try to boot splashtop on USB with this laptop, at the moment kernel loads, the screen just starts flashing (it wont starts booting), And when i press ENTER key it display as follows

After this when i type 0, it boots into text mode, anf finally into desktop,
I tried the kernel line parameter "vga" with lots of variables, even i tried to turn off splash with "splash" variable, but did not worked,
Now my Question is i want this mode number 0 (Zero), to be able to pass on to kernel line (OR any other methods if possible), so that it should not ask me to enter 0 after i press ENTER key. Or for this to work fine do i need to change any packages inside the SPLASHTOP?? Any suggestions or help can be most appriciated.